Colombelles climate — normals and trends
Colombelles (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 704 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Colombelles averages 27 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Colombelles has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 39 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -19.1 °C (on 8 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ColombellesNormandy
- coords
- 49.20°, -0.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
704mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
20.4km/h
Seasonal range
13.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
27 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.1 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-19.1 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
42 mm
11 June 1993
Windiest day
62.5 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
24 December 2013
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
28 July 1947
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
16.2 cm
11 March 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
19 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 154 mm | +94 mm |
| Feb | 9.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 23 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 27 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 41 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 100 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 59 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 73 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Colombelles?
Colombelles has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 704 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Colombelles?
The hottest day measured in Colombelles between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Colombelles?
The coldest day measured in Colombelles between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Colombelles?
Yes. Colombelles gets on average 8.6 cm of snow per year and has around 27 frost days.
Has the climate of Colombelles warmed?
Yes: Colombelles warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Colombelles?
The wettest day measured in Colombelles between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1993, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Colombelles?
The windiest day measured in Colombelles between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 62.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Colombelles?
The warmest month in Colombelles is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Colombelles?
Colombelles receives on average 704 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Colombelles?
Colombelles gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Colombelles?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Colombelles between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2013, with 16.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Colombelles?
Yes: Colombelles has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Colombelles?
In Colombelles, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 28 July 1947, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 8 January 1985.
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